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Abbreviation | DRPA |
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Formation | July 17, 1951 |
Type | Bi-state authority Congressionally-approved interstate compact entity |
Headquarters | One Port Center Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
Region served | Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including Philadelphia, Camden, and its surrounding regions |
Chairman | Jim Schultz[1] |
Chief executive officer | John T. Hanson |
Website | drpa |
The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), officially the Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, is a bi-state agency instrumentality created by a congressionally approved interstate compact between the state governments of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The authority is principally charged to maintain and develop transportation links between the two states with four bridges and a mass transit rail line across the Delaware River. Though the DRPA has "port" in its name, it does not own or operate any ports.